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at the same type of event, you know, speaking the same city hours apart, and he has sort of the same thing that obama has, where the first time you see them, you think that they are speaking directly to you and you show -- it sort of goes beyond -- doesn't feel like a partisan speech, feels like an uplifting sort of america coming together. speech. you know, he's obviously much more conservative than the president or most any democrats but his presentation is very good. he is extremely polished speecher. he did an event with buzzfeed. he is fluent in the, you know, in sort of the details of the east coast/west coast rap wars. he is very versetal. he is not somebody like talking about john kerry earlier who sort of feels like he is from another planet sometimes and rubio is very good at talking to almost whatever audience he is in front of. >> you were the second person this morning who has come paired rubio in terms of obama if he runs, it won't be in the senate very long. he is young. he is attractive. he is artic look at boom. propelled into con tender for president of the united s
at the same type of event, you know, speaking the same city hours apart, and he has sort of the same thing that obama has, where the first time you see them, you think that they are speaking directly to you and you show -- it sort of goes beyond -- doesn't feel like a partisan speech, feels like an uplifting sort of america coming together. speech. you know, he's obviously much more conservative than the president or most any democrats but his presentation is very good. he is extremely polished...
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alabama comes the story in "the new york times" yesterday morning about the city of charleston south carolina famous as the most -- i think it's known for other thing, thank god for its good restaurants. >> city of charleston is polit right in half because cruise ships have started coming into charleston some want to build a new terminal and open them with open arms. some people say, not so fast this is not necessarily good for our community. martha honey is the director of the washington office for the center for responsible travel and has been dealing with issue of cruise ships and responsible travel on environmentally sound travel for 10 years now? >> our organization has been going for 10 years. i have been on the case for about 20. >> 20s years? >> yeah. 20 years. >> we have known each other about that long? >> maybe longer. >> great to see you? >> great to see you. >> my pleasure. >> what about -- let's just start. are these, you know, like they seem to be floating environmental disasters and they are bigger and bigger and bigger. forget the question of whether you would want t
alabama comes the story in "the new york times" yesterday morning about the city of charleston south carolina famous as the most -- i think it's known for other thing, thank god for its good restaurants. >> city of charleston is polit right in half because cruise ships have started coming into charleston some want to build a new terminal and open them with open arms. some people say, not so fast this is not necessarily good for our community. martha honey is the director of the...
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you couldn't have this in any other city in the country. new york saying good-bye to ed koch the three-term governor. did you ever meet him? mayor. ran for governor, lost. >> i think i met him once at a conference briefly. he was a force of nature. he just knew how to -- he was just -- he knew how to command a room. very entertaining person. when i was working for jerry brown, jerry brown would never go to official meetings of mayors or governors or whatever. we used to send me. and i think it was during one of the conventions in new york that the mayor then, mayor koch, had a reception for the governors at gracey mansion. jerry brown refused to go. so he sent me. and i would -- i was in my 20s. i introduced myself. to the mayor. he was so glad to see me. oh jerry brown. then he took me around personally and introduced me to every governor who was there. that was the kind of guy he was. just took me under his wing. it was just great. >> that's funny. >> bill: yesterday everybody there was 2500 people at this service. at this reform synagogu
you couldn't have this in any other city in the country. new york saying good-bye to ed koch the three-term governor. did you ever meet him? mayor. ran for governor, lost. >> i think i met him once at a conference briefly. he was a force of nature. he just knew how to -- he was just -- he knew how to command a room. very entertaining person. when i was working for jerry brown, jerry brown would never go to official meetings of mayors or governors or whatever. we used to send me. and i...
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people packed city streets from the city hall to m and t bank. coach and ed reed were there. ed reed singing a little. >> ravens celebrating. they had every right to sell brate. >> b 'more super ball champs. >> a special crap game. >> oh, yeah. oh, sure. >> bill: yesterday at the briefing, i have to tell you it was pretty intense overs the drones. we started talking about this yesterday when the news broke about this department of justice white paper. the timing is very significant because tomorrow is the confirmation hearing for john brennan, the president's nominee, a good man, to be the next director of the cia. and brennan is known at the whitehouse, among other things, former deputy at cia, for being the architect of america's drone policy. he is the one who decides when drones are used and who they are targeted and what american citizens might be targeted. this is bound to come up. several senators have already told me they are going to craze this question with john brennan and publicly said so. and just at the time they are preparing for t
people packed city streets from the city hall to m and t bank. coach and ed reed were there. ed reed singing a little. >> ravens celebrating. they had every right to sell brate. >> b 'more super ball champs. >> a special crap game. >> oh, yeah. oh, sure. >> bill: yesterday at the briefing, i have to tell you it was pretty intense overs the drones. we started talking about this yesterday when the news broke about this department of justice white paper. the timing is...
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most powerful city on the planet, washington, d.c. here we are. we are right on capitol hill. kind of quiet here this week. the house and the senate both in presidents' day recess. why? why? i 1999 is a good question. why does the congress get a full week off, in fact, the house took two weeks off for presidents' day? the president doesn't even get the week off right? he took a long weekend. >> bill, you know they're hard at work in their districts. they're working the 9:00 to 5:00. >> bill: i take it back. they're out there meeting with constituents having town halls. uh-huh. no they're not! what a waste. we bring you up to date on the news of the day here in our nation's capital, around the country, around the globe and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. that's our toll free number. we'll also look forward to hearing from you on twitter at bpshow. and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. the team, peter ogborn and dan henning. phil backert and cyprian bowlding, good morning guys. >> hey hey. good morning. >> bill: welcome cyprian bowlding back. yesterday, one of us had
most powerful city on the planet, washington, d.c. here we are. we are right on capitol hill. kind of quiet here this week. the house and the senate both in presidents' day recess. why? why? i 1999 is a good question. why does the congress get a full week off, in fact, the house took two weeks off for presidents' day? the president doesn't even get the week off right? he took a long weekend. >> bill, you know they're hard at work in their districts. they're working the 9:00 to 5:00....
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city leaders are publically hailing the visit. some worry it will be a grand gesture without leading to more legislation. obama is walking a fine line between getting gun laws throughges and appeasing gun advocates and lobbying groups. during yesterday's google hangout, he admitted he does not think we should ban handguns only assault weapons and he wants to come up with a package that will reduce gun violence without losing second amendment rights. democrats are proposing al bull to avoid the sequester march 1st. it would raise $55,000,000,000 by taxing those making more than a million dollars a year. republicans not surprisingly expected to reject that. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visu
city leaders are publically hailing the visit. some worry it will be a grand gesture without leading to more legislation. obama is walking a fine line between getting gun laws throughges and appeasing gun advocates and lobbying groups. during yesterday's google hangout, he admitted he does not think we should ban handguns only assault weapons and he wants to come up with a package that will reduce gun violence without losing second amendment rights. democrats are proposing al bull to avoid the...